Miguel Tejada: What's his deal?
It's now been a month since Tejada came out and requested a trade from the Baltimore Orioles. In his own words, "a change of scenary would be nice". Since then everyone has their own rumor/fantasy trade conjured up. While the most named teams involved being the Cubs and Red Sox.
As of yesterday, Tejada tells the AP "Now, I am more upset than when I requested the trade because it's been a month and they haven't done anything,''. Miguel, listen it's not all about you. Sure, your a premiere player and can have a direct impact on a team but it takes 8 others to play the game. Tejada's view is that the Orioles will finish fourth or maybe even in last place next season. Lack of free agent signings and trades has really gotten Tejada upset. I think in the business of baseball when you bring in a huge impact player, promises and guarantees are made between mgmt and the player. Sure, Baltimore may have told Tejada we will build around you, your the top priority, yada, yada.
First off, the AL East is a tough division. Boston, NY, and now a competitive Toronto team will fight it out next season. For the first half of last year the O's looked good before the walls came tumbling down. Secondly, its Baltimore. The last time the O's made the playoffs was '97 when they won the division.
So, if Tejada is causing an uproar about being traded then Baltimore will probably do it, if the price/player is right. Will they do it because Tejada says so? Kinda sorta. He's the best player on the team and nobody wants negative publicity coming into a new season or much less at all. So, trade him and get a substantial return like 2 marquee players plus prospects. Everyone's happy, right? In the end, this is just another sign of today's sports world as more players come out throwing temper tantrums if something doesn't go there way. We see it all the time by these guys demanding trades, wanting more money cause so and so makes more, involving arbitrators. It's simply ridiculous. Look, you make more money than most of us will ever see so just shutup and do your job. Well I've done enough ranting for now...
As of yesterday, Tejada tells the AP "Now, I am more upset than when I requested the trade because it's been a month and they haven't done anything,''. Miguel, listen it's not all about you. Sure, your a premiere player and can have a direct impact on a team but it takes 8 others to play the game. Tejada's view is that the Orioles will finish fourth or maybe even in last place next season. Lack of free agent signings and trades has really gotten Tejada upset. I think in the business of baseball when you bring in a huge impact player, promises and guarantees are made between mgmt and the player. Sure, Baltimore may have told Tejada we will build around you, your the top priority, yada, yada.
First off, the AL East is a tough division. Boston, NY, and now a competitive Toronto team will fight it out next season. For the first half of last year the O's looked good before the walls came tumbling down. Secondly, its Baltimore. The last time the O's made the playoffs was '97 when they won the division.
So, if Tejada is causing an uproar about being traded then Baltimore will probably do it, if the price/player is right. Will they do it because Tejada says so? Kinda sorta. He's the best player on the team and nobody wants negative publicity coming into a new season or much less at all. So, trade him and get a substantial return like 2 marquee players plus prospects. Everyone's happy, right? In the end, this is just another sign of today's sports world as more players come out throwing temper tantrums if something doesn't go there way. We see it all the time by these guys demanding trades, wanting more money cause so and so makes more, involving arbitrators. It's simply ridiculous. Look, you make more money than most of us will ever see so just shutup and do your job. Well I've done enough ranting for now...
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